Science Fair Projects - What The Judges Are Looking For?

The following information is taken from the official website and relates to what the judges at the regional competition are looking for. I will endeavour to find the photos from previous science fairs. Good Luck


What do the judges look for and like?

A clear and accurate presentation of the 'story' of your exhibit: what you did, why you did it, and your results or products. See photos from a previous Science Fair.

• That it is an investigation: the first stage is to answer the question "what is happening?" and then "why is it happening?".

• That you understand what is it you are investigating, so you don't waste time investigating irrelevant things.

• That you have done several measurements and experiments.

• That your conclusions reflect the nature of your data, for example, if you have done only a few measurements then you shouldn't say that these tell the full story - show that you understand the tentative nature of your data (the judges know that you don't usually have the time or resources to carry out hundreds of measurements).

• That you have documented all of your work in a workbook as you did it, and that you have the workbook with your exhibit.

• That you can evaluate whether more remains to be investigated about your topic.